NHTSA Complaint #10671633 — 2010 VOLKSWAGEN PASSAT

I HAVE A 2010 VOLKSWAGEN PASSAT WITH ALMOST 70,000 MILES. I PURCHASED THE BRAND NEW CAR IN AUGUST 2010. IN SEPTEMBER 2014 AND NOVEMBER 2014 (THANKSGIVING DAY), AN IGNITION COIL FAILED WHILE I WAS DRIVING. IN SEPTEMBER, I WAS PULLING OUT OF A PARKING LOT ONTO A BUSINESS ROAD WHEN THE IGNITION COIL FAILED. IN NOVEMBER, I WAS ON THE ON-RAMP FOR THE INTERSTATE WHEN THE IGNITION COIL FAILED. THIS WAS ESPECIALLY SCARY AS THE RAMP WAS UPHILL AND THE CAR BARELY HAD ENOUGH POWER TO MAKE IT UP THE RAMP. BOTH TIMES, THE CAR BEGAN TO SHAKE, AND SEEMED TO LOSE POWER AS IT WAS UNABLE TO GO INTO THIRD GEAR, AND HAD TROUBLE MAKING IT UP THE SMALLEST HILL. THE SECOND TIME AN IGNITION COIL FAILED, THE CAR ALSO HAD A LOT OF SMOKE COMING OUT THE TAILPIPE. BOTH TIMES I HAD TO DRIVE HOME AND THEN TO THE DEALERSHIP AT 25 MILES AN HOUR IN A SHAKY VEHICLE IN ORDER TO HAVE THE IGNITION COIL REPLACED. *TR